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Fonteum Care Compare · Iowa

Iowa hospitals: 118 Medicare-certified, source-cited CMS quality data.

Fonteum tracks 118 Medicare-certified hospitals in Iowa, each carrying its CMS overall star rating, hospital type, ownership, and emergency-services status. Every facility links to a per-hospital page signed to the CMS Hospital General Information dataset, snapshot 2026-05-07.

Reviewed by Jennifer Montecillo, MD, medical reviewer. Non-practicing medical reviewer. Last reviewed: June 2026 · Next review: December 2026.

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Snapshot May 7, 2026·118 Medicare-certified hospitals in Iowa·CMS Care Compare — Hospital General Information (xubh-q36u)·All hospitals →·All Care Compare modules →·Methodology →
Source-modified 2026-01-26 · State-scoped subset of the CMS national snapshot · US-Government-Works public domain

Hospitals in Iowa, ranked by CMS overall rating

41 of 118 Iowa hospitals carry a CMS overall star rating (state average 3.02 of 5). Select any hospital to open its provenance page.

Medicare-certified hospitals in Iowa with CMS overall star rating
HospitalCityOverall ★
Iowa City Va Medical CenterIowa City5 / 5
Mercyone Dubuque Medical CenterDubuque5 / 5
Cass County Memorial HospitalAtlantic4 / 5
Clarinda Regional Health CenterClarinda4 / 5
Finley HospitalDubuque4 / 5
Greater Regional Medical CenterCreston4 / 5
Grinnell Regional Medical CenterGrinnell4 / 5
Mary Greeley Medical CenterAmes4 / 5
Mercyone Clinton Medical CenterClinton4 / 5
Mercyone Waterloo Medical CenterWaterloo4 / 5
Methodist Jennie EdmundsonCouncil Bluffs4 / 5
Myrtue Medical CenterHarlan4 / 5
Pella Regional Health CenterPella4 / 5
Spencer Municipal HospitalSpencer4 / 5
St Lukes HospitalCedar Rapids4 / 5
Va Central Iowa Healthcare SystemDes Moines4 / 5
Allen HospitalWaterloo3 / 5
Buena Vista Regional Medical CenterStorm Lake3 / 5
Chi Health Mercy Council BluffsCouncil Bluffs3 / 5
Floyd County Medical CenterCharles City3 / 5
Mercy Medical Center - Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids3 / 5
Mercyone North Iowa Medical CenterMason City3 / 5
Montgomery County Memorial HospitalRed Oak3 / 5
Trinity - BettendorfBettendorf3 / 5
Trinity MuscatineMuscatine3 / 5
Unitypoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist MediDes Moines3 / 5
University Of Iowa Health Care Medical Center DownIowa City3 / 5
University Of Iowa Hospital & ClinicsIowa City3 / 5
Broadlawns Medical CenterDes Moines2 / 5
Crawford County Memorial HospitalDenison2 / 5
Kossuth Regional Health CenterAlgona2 / 5
Lakes Regional HealthcareSpirit Lake2 / 5
Mahaska Health PartnershipOskaloosa2 / 5
Mercyone Des Moines Medical CenterDes Moines2 / 5
Ottumwa Regional Health CenterOttumwa2 / 5
Southeast Iowa Regional Medical CenterWest Burlington2 / 5
WinnmedDecorah2 / 5
Genesis Medical Center-davenportDavenport1 / 5
Mercyone Siouxland Medical CenterSioux City1 / 5
St Lukes Regional Medical CenterSioux City1 / 5
Trinity Regional Medical CenterFort Dodge1 / 5
Adair County Memorial HospitalGreenfield—
Audubon County Memorial HospitalAudubon—
Avera Holy Family HospitalEstherville—
Avera Merrill Pioneer HospitalRock Rapids—
Boone County HospitalBoone—
Buchanan County Health CenterIndependence—
Burgess Health CenterOnawa—
Cherokee Regional Medical CenterCherokee—
Chi Health - Mercy CorningCorning—
Chi Health Missouri ValleyMissouri Valley—
Clarke County HospitalOsceola—
Clive Behavioral HealthClive—
Community Memorial Hospital Medical CenterSumner—
Compass Memorial HealthcareMarengo—
Dallas County HospitalPerry—
Davis County HospitalBloomfield—
Decatur County HospitalLeon—
Eagle View Behavioral HealthBettendorf—
Floyd Valley HealthcareLe Mars—
Franklin General HospitalHampton—
Genesis Medical Center-dewittDewitt—
George C Grape Community HospitalHamburg—
Greene County Medical CenterJefferson—
Grundy County Memorial HospitalGrundy Center—
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital And ClinicsWest Union—
Guthrie County HospitalGuthrie Center—
Guttenberg Municipal HospitalGuttenberg—
Hancock County Health SystemBritt—
Hansen Family HospitalIowa Falls—
Hawarden Regional HealthcareHawarden—
Hegg Memorial Health CenterRock Valley—
Henry County Health CenterMount Pleasant—
Horn Memorial HospitalIda Grove—
Humboldt County Memorial HospitalHumboldt—
Iowa Specialty Hospital - BelmondBelmond—
Iowa Specialty Hospital - ClarionClarion—
Jackson County Regional Health CenterMaquoketa—
Jefferson County Health CenterFairfield—
Jones Regional Medical CenterAnamosa—
Keokuk County Health CenterSigourney—
Knoxville Hospital & ClinicsKnoxville—
Loring HospitalSac City—
Lucas County Health CenterChariton—
Madison County Health Care SystemWinterset—
Manning Regional Healthcare CenterManning—
Mental Health InstituteCherokee—
Mental Health InstituteIndependence—
Mercy Medical Center-new HamptonNew Hampton—
Mercyone Centerville Medical CenterCenterville—
Mercyone Dyersville Medical CenterDyersville—
Mercyone Elkader Medical CenterElkader—
Mercyone Newton Medical CenterNewton—
Mercyone Oelwein Medical CenterOelwein—
Mitchell County Regional HealthOsage—
Monroe County HospitalAlbia—
Orange City Area Health SystemOrange City—
Osceola Community HospitalSibley—
Palo Alto County HospitalEmmetsburg—
Pocahontas Community HospitalPocahontas—
Regional Health Services Of Howard CountyCresco—
Regional Medical CenterManchester—
Ringgold County HospitalMount Ayr—
Sanford Sheldon Medical CenterSheldon—
Sartori Memorial Hospital, IncCedar Falls—
Shenandoah Medical CenterShenandoah—
Sioux Center HealthSioux Center—
St Anthony Regional Hospital & Nursing HomeCarroll—
Stewart Memorial Community HospitalLake City—
Story County HospitalNevada—
Unitypoint Health - MarshalltownMarshalltown—
Van Buren County HospitalKeosauqua—
Van Diest Medical CenterWebster City—
Veterans Memorial HospitalWaukon—
Virginia Gay HospitalVinton—
Washington County Hospital And ClinicsWashington—
Waverly Health CenterWaverly—
Wayne County HospitalCorydon—

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